2001–02 Florida Gators men's basketball team

The Gators were the SEC Eastern Division champions, winning a share of the division title for the third straight season. They earned a No. 5 seed in the 2002 NCAA Tournament, falling to Creighton in the first round in double overtime. It was the first time in Gators basketball history that the team advanced to the NCAA Tournament for a fourth consecutive year.

	Conf			Overall
2001–02 Southeastern Conference men's basketball standings
Team	W	L	PCT	W	L	PCT
East
#15 Florida	10	6	.625	22	9	.710
#16 Kentucky	10	6	.625	22	10	.688
#23 Georgia	10	6	.625	22	10	.688
Tennessee	7	9	.438	15	16	.484
South Carolina	6	10	.375	22	15	.595
Vanderbilt	6	10	.375	17	15	.531
West
#8 Alabama	12	4	.750	27	8	.771
#17 Mississippi State †	10	6	.625	27	8	.771
Mississippi	9	7	.563	20	11	.645
LSU	6	10	.375	19	15	.559
Arkansas	6	10	.375	14	15	.483
Auburn	4	12	.250	12	16	.429

† SEC Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

Roster

Name	Number	Position	Height	Weight	Class	Hometown
Matt Bonner	15	F	6–10	237	Junior	Concord, NH
Max Booker	21	G	6–2	175	Freshman	Atlanta, Georgia
Bonell Colas	42	F	6–9	225	Freshman	Miami, Florida
Orien Greene	1	G	6–4	208	Sophmore	Gainesville, Florida
Seth Haimovitch	3	G	6–1	200	Junior	Coral Springs, Florida
LaDarius Halton	23	F	6–4	200	Junior	New Smyrna Beach, Florida
Justin Hamilton	12	G	6–3	207	Sophomore	Sarasota, Florida
Udonis Haslem	50	C	6–9	246	Senior	Miami, Florida
Ronnie King	50	G	5–11	178	Senior	Brandon, Florida
David Lee	24	F	6–4	182	Freshman	St. Louis, Missouri
Bret Nelson	10	G	6–4	182	Sophomore	St. Albans, West Virginia
James White	21	G/F	6–7	200	Freshman	Kensington, Maryland

Coaches

Name	Position	College	Graduating year
Billy Donovan	Head Coach	Providence College	1987
John Pelphrey	Assistant Coach	University of Kentucky	1992
Anthony Grant	Assistant Coach	Dayton	1987
Donnie Jones	Assistant Coach	Pikeville	1988

References

Florida Gators men's basketball

Arena	University Gymnasium (1919–1927) • New Gymasium (1927–1949) • Florida Gymnasium (1949–1980) • Stephen C. O'Connell Center (1980– )

Players	List of NBA players • List of All-Americans • UF Athletic Hall of Fame

Head coaches	C. J. McCoy (1915–1916) • No team (1916–1919) • No coach (1919–1920) • William G. Kline (1920–1922) • Check Byrd (1922–1923) • James L. White (1923–1925) • Brady Cowell (1925–1933) • Ben Clemons (1933–1936) • Josh Cody (1936–1937) • Sam J. McAllister (1937–1942) • Spurgeon Cherry (1942–1943) • No team (1943–1944) • Spurgeon Cherry (1944–1946) • Sam J. McAllister (1946–1951) • John Mauer (1951–1960) • Norm Sloan (1960–1966) • Tommy Bartlett (1966–1973) • John Lotz (1973–1980) • Ed Visscher (1980) • Norm Sloan (1980–1989) • Don DeVoe (1989–1990) • Lon Kruger (1990–1996) • Billy Donovan (1996– )

NCAA national championships	2006 • 2007

NCAA Final Four	1994 • 2000 • 2006 • 2007

NCAA tournaments	1987 • 1988 • 1989 • 1994 • 1995 • 1999 • 2000 • 2001 • 2002 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2010 • 2011

Conference championships	1989 • 2000 • 2001 • 2007 • 2011

Conference tournament titles	2005 • 2006 • 2007

Seasons	1916 • 1917 • 1918 • 1919 • 1920 • 1921 • 1922 • 1923 • 1924 • 1925 • 1926 • 1927 • 1928 • 1929 • 1930 • 1931 • 1932 • 1933 • 1934 • 1935 • 1936 • 1937 • 1938 • 1939 • 1940 • 1941 • 1942 • 1943 • 1944 • 1945 • 1946 • 1947 • 1948 • 1949 • 1950 • 1951 • 1952 • 1953 • 1954 • 1955 • 1956 • 1957 • 1958 • 1959 • 1960 • 1961 • 1962 • 1963 • 1964 • 1965 • 1966 • 1967 • 1968 • 1969 • 1970 • 1971 • 1972 • 1973 • 1974 • 1975 • 1976 • 1977 • 1978 • 1979 • 1980 • 1981 • 1982 • 1983 • 1984 • 1985 • 1986 • 1987 • 1988 • 1989 • 1990 • 1991 • 1992 • 1993 • 1994 • 1995 • 1996 • 1997 • 1998 • 1999 • 2000 • 2001 • 2002 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009 • 2010 • 2011 • 2012

Conference affiliations	Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (1916–1921) • Southern Conference (1922–1932) • Southeastern Conference (1933– )

Culture and lore	Albert and Alberta • "The Orange and Blue" • "We are the Boys" • Florida Gators Dazzlers • Gatorade • Gator Chomp • Left–Right • Stephen C. O'Connell

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